Stefaan Lambrechts is a young pigeon fancier who has been interested in carrier pigeons since he was a child. When he was only two years old, he was already in his uncle Cyriel's loft. In 1987, when Stefaan was 9 years old, he started, with the support of his uncles Cyriel and Emmanuel, to race pigeons on his own. It quickly became evident that Stefaan had a natural talent for racing pigeons as 1998 was his first outstanding year.